Wagon running-gear



(No Model.)

C. HOTZ. 4 Wagon Running Gear. v No. 229,122. vPatenced June 22,1880.

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CHRISTOPH HOTZ, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

WAGON RUNNING-GEAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 229,132, dated June 22, 1880.

Application filed April 19, 1880. (No model.)

ful Improvement in Wagons, of which the following is a specification.

, e The object I have in view is to produce a swiveled reach for wagons which will be cheap, strong, and durable, can be as well applied to heavy lumber and other wagons as to the lighter classes of wagons, and in which the reachbolt will not, be liable to be bent or broken, and the reach will be protected from wear and from excessive strain at any point.

My invention therein consists, first, in the combination, with the reach-plates, of a collar held therein, but capable of being turned or revolved, for carrying the reach-bolt, the reach sliding through such collar; and, second, in securing such collar to or forming it on a sleeve which extends along the reach, between it and the reach-plates, holding the collar in place and making a long bearing on the reach, all as fully hereinafter explained.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the running-gear of a wagon having myimproved' swiveled reach and running over obstructions on opposite sides; Fig. 2, a top view of the running-gear, and Fig. 3 a vertical longitudi nal section through the swivel.

Like letters denote the same parts in all three figures.

A and B are, respectively, the bind and fore wheels of the wagon C, the reach; D, the hind hounds, and E the fore hounds.

The front ends of the hind hounds are connected by reach-plates H both above and below, which reach plates are divided transversely to allow a collar, G, to project through. them. This collar is shrunk or welded upon a sleeve, F, made preferably from a piece of metal pipe, which extends between the reachplates to the outer edges of the same. The

reach slides through the sleeve F and collar Gr,

it being made round for that; purpose. The reach-bolt I is carried by the collar and sleeve, and passes through them and through the reach. The collar and sleeve are free to turn in the reaclrplates, but are prevented from longitudinal displacement therein by the projection of the collar through the reach-plates above and below. Consequently the collar and sleeve form, with the reach-plates, aswivel, to the revolving part of which the reach is coupled, permitting the twisting of the fore and hind parts of the running-gear in opposite directions without straining or breaking any part thereof. The strain of draft is transmitted from the reach to the collar, and from thence to the reachplates and bind hounds. The reach-bolt is subjected, comparatively, to very little strain, and it is not liable to be bent or broken. The sleeve F forms a long bearing on the reach, distributing the strain, protect in g the reach from wear, and holding the collar in place.

What I claim as my invention is- *1. In a wagon, the combination, with the reach-plates, of a collar, G, held therein so that it can turn, the reach sliding through the collar, and the reach-bolt passing through the collar and reach, substantially as described and shown.

2. In a wagon, the combination, with the reach-plates, of a sleeve, F, situated between the reach-plates and capable of being turned therein, a collar, G, secured to or formed on the sleeve and projecting through the reachplates, the reach sliding through such sleeve and collar, and the reach-bolt passing through the collar and sleeve and through the reach, substantially as described and shown.

CHRISTOPH HO'IZ.

Witnesses LOUIS ScHIFFLIN, MARTIN CONRAD. 

